In its latest earnings report, Nintendo announced a price hike for the Switch 2, raising the U.S. retail price by $50 to a new total of $500. The company cited increased memory costs and new U.S. tariff measures as the primary drivers behind the adjustment. While this increase is notably more modest than the $150…
The U.S. Embassy in Beirut has called on Lebanon’s government to further its engagement with Israel – and tacitly, to sideline the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah which, while designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel, has been a massive force in Lebanese politics for decades. “Lebanon stands at a crossroads. Its people have a…
3m ago Trump says he spoke with Putin about Iran President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Iran earlier Wednesday. “I talked about Ukraine, and I talked a little bit about Iran,” Mr. Trump said. “I talked about a few different subjects, mostly about…
Jeremy Engelbrecht, Managing Director, SoftiDoc. For banks, insurers and retailers, onboarding customers has long been a time-consuming and costly process, prone to delays and possible errors and risk. AI-enabled automation allows organisations to slash the time taken to onboard new customers, dramatically reduce costs and improve accuracy and efficiency. This is according to Jeremy Engelbrecht,…
Discover moreOnline Magazine SubscriptionsAfrican Cultural ExperiencesReal-time Event UpdatesBloomberg The Iran war is raising borrowing costs for African countries that are only just recovering from the post-pandemic shock that sent debt burdens soaring. Research published Tuesday by ONE Data showed borrowing costs from the World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development jumped to 5.2% in…
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – After a long day of ferrying passengers to and fro recently, e-hailing driver Nguyen was dejected to find he had spent half of his earnings on fuel. “I drove for around seven or eight hours, making around 240,000 Vietnamese dong [$9.11] and then I paid 120,000 Vietnamese dong [$4.56]…
A new report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirms that thousands of people have died, millions more have been impacted, and billions in losses have been incurred due to extreme weather fueled by climate change. Record-high greenhouse gas levels have pushed the Earth’s climate into an unprecedented state of flux. While these atmospheric…
Increasing chip costs are starting to affect SIM cards. (Graphic by Nicola Mawson, with images from Freepik) JSE-listed MTN says it hasn’t seen the effects of a shortage of computing components due to the rapid growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry’s demand for chipsets – yet. AI companies’ ramp-up of data centres to cater…
Shortages of chipsets and RAM caused by the AI data centre boom are beginning to affect the telecommunications sector, according to MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita. Responding to a question from TechCentral at MTN Group’s presentation of its annual results to 31 December 2025 on Monday, Mupita said MTN has seen the cost of computing…
The US agency says a system being worked out to mediate the disbursement of $166bn in tariff costs to more than 330,000 importers. Listen to this article | 3 mins info Published On 6 Mar 20266 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The United States Customs and…
